Lancia Delta Integrale Evo, Hasegawa, 1/24

[mattbacon]

A nicely detailed, straightforward curbside kit that really captures the look and stance of the pugnacious original. Zero Paints colour matched Giallo Ginestra and 2K Clear Coat. Why not red? Because I nearly bought one of these in my mid-20s, until I discovered how much it would cost to insure (that and the fact that the "seller" didn't have ANY of the paperwork for the car, which worried me even more than the insurance). Still, it's one of the few models I've built of a car that there's any possibility of me owning, ever...

Those of you who followed the build will know all about the paint; if you didn't, the clear coat solvent managed to leach the red dye from the bodyshell plastic right through the primer and the yellow base coat, and turned orange. This has been stripped, sealed with oxide paint sealer, and then primed and painted a second time.

The only other tricky bit was getting the chassis inside the body shell, which is a "once and for all" deal, with some extreme flexing of the body required...

bestest,
M.

[lovegt40]

nice model Matt. Its not so easy at all manage yellow color.

sad u missed real thing. Today one of theme is worthed up to 50.000 euro

[eugene78]

Nice one! I've always liked how it looks in yellow, ever since I saw the photos of this one in a magazine back in 1993: http://evocorner.freeservers.com/drmdelta.html

[MPWR]

Looks great!

Like it in yellow! I have the same kit, and have been planning to do it in yellow.

[lemansnut]

Great looking model Matt! My son said he saw one while driving once and almost wet himself! Very rare car here in the states.

Mike